I think Grant Hill's college accomplishments are overstated.
Hill wasn't a star player on either of those two national titles. Christian Laettner was their leader and Bobby Hurley was their second best player. Grant Hill was a good starter on the first title team and a third wheel on the second. He didn't become an elite college player until after Laettner left.
I don't think his college resume and injury riddled NBA career is enough to push him above all the players he is ranked ahead of right now.
I admit I sorta thought of that, but some of these other players didn't play college ball and have no accomplishments at all. I sorta feel like the Olympics even out a little.
Grant Hill also never made it past the first round when he was a star player. He has no team success in the NBA as a high level player.
His only playoff run happened with Nash when he was a journeyman swingman.
I don't understand how Grant Hill is so highly. He won less in the NBA and had a shorter peak (due to injury) than anyone else on this list.
I tend to agree - I think Hill's college and Olympic experience just barely push him from the bad to the good side of borderline HOFer. I don't think he's decisively above players like Nash, Miller or even LeBron by any means.
His contributions in the Olympics doesn't mean much to be me either. He played 22 minutes a game and averaged 10, 3 and 3. Hill played on a team loaded with talent that completely overpowered every opponent and would have done so with or without him on the court.
His international accomplishments pale in comparison to people like Pau Gasol and Manu Ginobili. Hill was a role player in the Olympics. Those guys where stars that were the driving force behind their team teams.
Neither Gasol nor Manu got past the first round without having a better player on their team (Kobe and Duncan)
In fact Gasol never won a playoff game with out Kobe on the team.
I don't think either player, Pau or Manu, has achieved enough in the NBA to be a sure-fire HoF based on their NBA play alone. Manu because he came over to the NBA late and had a relatively short career. Pau, at 31 and entering the tail end of his prime, still has time to add to his resume and change that.
However, both guys have achieved a tremendous amount in international basketball and their contributions there far exceeds the rest of the guys on this list. It pushes them over the top and makes them sure-fire HoFs.
Their team success is also a separating factor. The HoF puts a huge amount of importance on team achievement.
Grant Hill cannot compete with their accomplishments and his own superior individual play is not enough to overcome that because of the injuries that scarred and shortened (as an elite player) his NBA career and the lack of achievement on the biggest stage (NBA playoffs).
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